Dungeons & Dragons

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Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a tabletop role-playing game. Using a sword-and-sorcery setting, players create their own characters and role-play through adventures designed by the Dungeon Master player. Many of its elements, such as complex character sheets and many-sided dice, have become standards of role-playing games; D&D has become highly linked with geek culture.

In Homestar Runner, D&D is most often referenced with relation to the fantasy world of Peasantry or the eponymous D n' D Greg.

References

• Email impression — The Jhonka is given an illustration and description similar to those found in the "Monstrous Compendium" for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition.
• Teen Girl Squad Issue 9 — Sci-Fi Greg gives a speech referencing "experience points" and similar terminology from Dungeons & Dragons, leading D n' D Greg to accuse him of "bitin' my style".
• Trogdor Con '97 — Strong Bad asks about "million sided dies". D&D utilizes many varieties of dice beyond the common six-sided variety, twenty-sided dice are particularly central to gameplay.
• Email underlings — The Smunderling is described in a manner similar to 2e AD&D.
• 4 Gregs — D n' D Greg suggests the group play tabletop games, and later references "a level 4 shambling Krenshar".
• I Killed Pom Pom — Homsar dresses as Dungeon Master from the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
• SBCG4AP Playthrough — Requested to do D n' D Greg's voice, Matt Chapman ad-libs a line about "a level 13 kobold".
• Fan 'Stumes 2019 — A fan dresses up as D n' D Greg. Strong Bad imagines Greg arguing about the validity of a die roll.
• Trogdor!! The Board Game — The alliterative title of the Magicks and 'Mergencies Expando Deck recalls D&D.